The blog support the Christian Palestinians and all Palestinias on their struggle for a just peace and freedom. It will give tips on news and opinion articles that give the readers a deeper understanding of the complex situation in the Holy Land. The blog's name "One of the least of these my Brethren" is taken from Matthew 25:34-46 where Jesus emphasizes our responsibility to our fellow human beings in need of our support.

10 juni 2015

A letter from Gaza

I have
facebook friend in Gaza, received a few days ago, this message from
him

Peace, mercy and
blessings of God I am Ahmed from Gaza, I'm 25 years old, a graduate
of the University two years ago. Due to the seige and blockade on
Gaza I cannot find a job. Because the borders are closed my family
suffers from poverty. We have 11 members in my family and only a
small house.

My brothers work for
the government, but they receive no pay cheque. We are dependent on
United Nations organizations to provide assistance. This assistance
is only basic to survive, not to to grow and thrive. My project goal
is to break this dependence. I need your help and your support
because I want to open a small project farm, to raise chickens and
rabbits. A small farm would allow me to grow animals that I could
then sell to people for profit, creating a sustainable business to
support my family. Due to the blockade, it is difficult for many jobs
to exist. A local farm is one of the few options we have. My goal is
to raise $2,000. With this money I can begin to purchase animal feed,
cages, and all the requirements to raise chickens and rabbits. I will
purchase a few baby animals to raise and then breed more. As they get
older, I can sell the chicken eggs in the markets, and eventually
sell the animals to customers as food.

This money is all I
need to get started, after this the money I make from selling can
support the farm and my family. This is for my future and to help my
family ... The devastating effects of the war, siege and poverty,
most days are very unhappy and bleak as there is no future to look
forward to right now. Having a small family gives me a future to
think about. Youth constitute a large proportion of Palestinian
society, we have the highest unemployment in the world.

War has created many
problems but the youth still aspirations but it is becoming weaker as
time goes on. This rarely draws the attention of the decision makers
except to the extent that the poverty helps their cause. Palestinian
youth suffer a double marginalization, from the blockade, but also
many times from the leaders in the community. The Occupation and
settlements have repressed our Rights and Freedoms.

There is in our midst a
general feeling of frustration, anxiety and fear of the future, and
in particular student graduates who have spent many years on the
primary and secondary school and university to find themselves as
part of the army of unemployed who are unable to work, days turn into
months, months in years, the dreams of students fade.

This negative impact
unemployment on the psyche and personality of unemployed graduates,
worsens our economic and social status instead of participating and
producing in society. The current dependency we have on aid creates
an aversion creativity and innovation. Thank you for listening to my
story. I wait for your help. God willing this small project can give
some freedom to palestinians. God bless you

We
can not help everyone, but I have chosen to send a sum of money
through Western Union What you do is that you send the
money to the land of Palestine and the name Ahmed Hamza
almassri, then you get a code that you send via his Facebook